Harbouring Piracy? Rethinking Canada’s Notice-and-Notice Regime

Harbouring Piracy? Rethinking Canada’s Notice-and-Notice Regime

Introduction While Canada is a pioneer in many aspects of intellectual property law, the Supreme Court of Canada’s (“SCC”) liberal interpretation of users’ rights can operate to the detriment of creators. Canada’s notice-and-notice regime appears to tilt the balance “between promoting the public interest in the encouragement and dissemination of works of the arts and […]